Springfield daily republic. [volume] (Springfield, O. [Ohio]) 1887-1888, 1887-12-10

alled with strangers, and the restaurants
were doing thriving business. The second
6oor had many Of the aspects of Partisan
boulevard Pretty women and great men
iustled each other in the corridors, and big
crowds hung about the doors of the galleries
q the house and senate. The wooden men
who act rs doorkeepers and messengers came
out, q usual on such days. in all their glory
They domineered over the crowd. They
showed back this woman, and pushed that
man away. They put on three times many
airs - the senators themselves, and their
dignity far surpassed that of the supreme
Judges on the bench The galleries inside
hooked like 30 many flower gardens. and the
prince Of Babylon would have been glad to
have had such hanging bouquets on the out
side Of his famous palace. The colored citi-
IN was out in all his glory, and, phHniS
like, the Capitol arose in night from the
dull ashes Of the recess into the livehest
activity Of one of the liveliest sessions in our
history.
Speaker Carlisle called the house to order.
and he makes . most satisfactory presiding
o@cer. His contest with Thoebe amounted
70 nothing. and he is to be the leader Of the
Democratic house this year, as he WAS last
Many new faces were seen in the house to-
day, and many were the reminders of the
political heads that have been cut off. About
% per cent. Of the last congress is absent
and i30 members have been retired Frank
Hiscock's ma jestic form, tightly buttoned in
IN black Prince Albert coat, is seen no more
among the Republicans, and his dark, hand
some face vii. now be reserved for the sena-
torial gallery gasers. Daniel, OF Virginia,
with his crutch and his refined features. has
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interstate commerce Reagan will hereafter
wear out the cushions Of the senate instead
q the hard chairs Of the house. One Of the
moCt notable absences Is that Of John 7.
Wait, Of Connecticut, who was the oldest
membar Of the last house, and who had a
face strikingly like that Of Gen. George
Washington.
Then, Ranney, Of Massachusetts. the noted
lawyer member, who conducted the Pan
Electric telephone investigation, has gone
back to his law practice in Massachusetts.
where he will make s10O, 900 q year: and as
for Rice, Of Massachusetts,, and Green, of
New Jersey, they too are among the absent
We viii not have Andrew c. Curtin in
this congress; and the dark, beautiful face of
Ben Lefevre, Of Ohio, will be admired in
other quarterS. Judge Geddes, another noted
Ohio member, will not be present: and Hen
nepin Murphy, whose mission in life WAS to
put through the Hennepin canal, will no, be
here.
Many Of the southern members are not
present. and the most missed man is Ran
dolph Tucker, whose kind manner and ster
ling worth will lie remembered long after he
b put under the sod He will practice law
both in Washington and in Virginia. and
will be q richer man out of Congress than
In it.
The new members feel lost. and everything
they see looks big TO them The chestnut
story Of Senator Nesbitt, Of Oregon, is going
the rounds among then and they are recall
ing how Nesbitt said when he first came to
congress:
Il was surprised at the ability Of the men
I met. and as | took my seat among the
Statesmen | looked around on that mapnifi-